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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
5
A removal sale touts massive savings across stock including rings from 85c to 900.00 and notable cuts on umbrellas, watches, and cut glass as the store clears goods before moving. The ad emphasizes affordability and irresistible price slashes across thousands of items.
East Hill repaired Lincoln School and repainted interiors during the week. Walls ceilings and woodwork were tinted and varnished. seats rearranged for student convenience. The building, the city’s newest, is praised for its refreshed appearance before fall return.
Advertises Dr King s New Discovery claiming cure for coughs and colds with a 5 percent and $1 price and Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store as seller.
Local golf club hosts match day as Roach leads Sterneman in a tight series nearing season end. Rules from the Prevention of Prostration of Golfers impose odd limits to keep players calm and silent, including bans on rustling leaves and talking aloud, and even muffling tree bark.
Oak bath tub seats priced in the notice. Nickel plated 18 inch towel racks offered at 25 cents. Cosmo lights complete listed at 50 cents. Addressed to F Ashcraft at 22 Iowa Avenue.
A heavy vehicle struck a gas pipe on Second street near Iowa avenue at about 10 30 last evening breaking the cap and releasing gas. A curious onlooker touched a match to the pipe creating an improvised flame before the leak was halted by the gas company. gas loss was minimal due to the pipe's small size.
Plymouth Brethren from this state and Illinois attended a two day conference north of town on the Moscow road at Ben Meerdink’s grounds four miles north. Sessions began yesterday and will end this evening with noon and evening meetings. A Muscatine bus carried city residents to the tent gatherings amid reports of interesting sessions.
An advertisement proclaims Malicious Mischief is prevented and cured by Electric Bitters for 50 cents, with a guarantee, from 4 Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The first home grown watermelons of the year reached Muscatine yesterday with William Kleist delivering the season’s inaugural wagon. Island gardeners vie to bring the earliest melons to town amid a longstanding local rush. melons are large and of top quality.
Mrs. Mary Franklin, longtime South Muscatine resident, died yesterday at her Main Street home after a prolonged illness. Born March 4, 1831, she was 75 years old and had lived in Muscatine since 1848. Funeral is planned for Sunday at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church.
Dr. P R Axtell, eye specialist, will make weekly visits to Muscatine and hold consultations at the Grand Hotel parlors starting Monday Aug 6. He recently practiced in Columbus Junction and has numerous satisfied patients across Louisa and Muscatine counties.
Sayre and Hunter advertise at Bowman's Barn Muscatine Iowa on Saturday August 4 1906 to buy marketable horses and mules. They seek big rugged horses and small shapely horses with good drivers and refuse three year olds while offering high prices.
Sales pitch extols Haddorff upright pianos for tone and durability as scientific in construction. Claims vast patron and critic testimonials substantiate the praise and invites readers to try one.
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